Customer Reviews
A Cheap and Sensible Book - By: F. West, 17 Sep 2008 
Any true DIY enthusiast should be able to read diagrams & be familiar with both Imperial & Metric measures. Ifin doubt about measurements, just pull out a tape rule & learn. I find this a very good book that does exactly what it sets out to do - show you how to build simple poultry houses with the minimum of fuss.
It would have been handy to have the total lengths of wood required for each coop stated, but unless you intend to build every onein the book, adding up the bits isn't too big a job. B&Q have packs of wood with the dimensionsin both Metric & Imperial, but Wickes are much cheaper, & timber yards cheapest & most likely to have the exact sizes you want.
A good design book. - By: J. Owens, 06 Jun 2007 
This book takes a modicum of intelligence to get the best from it. It is not a collection of 'how to' plans but more a treatise of coop design with good examples. To convert 1" to millimetres multiply by 25.4 & if the reader can't work out the floor space divided by the required space for each hen from figures given, then he/she has bought the wrong book.
great book concept very poorly executed - By: J. Parker, 06 Mar 2007 
There are many faults such as very poor drawings, no assembly instructions (just panels)+ its completelyin imperial with a photograph of a tape measure cut into strips as a coversion chart! However the biggest issue is the houses themselves, the small transport, broody etc boxes look good but the house plans are poor & this is meant to be a poultry house construction book. The ark plans give no idea of how many birds they are for & earlyin the book the author criticises the generic ark design as wasteful of materials versus usable cubic capacity but doesn't provide an alternative design. Waste of money unless you like puzzles & even then I don't have the confidencein the plans to start
The Perfect gift for your handyperson - By: , 14 Sep 2005 This book was given originally by Santa Claus to my handyperson & as a result I have a well built spacious hen house that is simplicity itself to maintain. the author gives detailed drawings & instructions for several house designs from the smallest to his 'poultry palace'. it is writtenin a quirky original style by someone obviously experienced with both housing & the birds themselves. I am buying a second copy for another handyperson
Poultry House Construction (Gold Cockerel S.) - By: , 10 Mar 2005 
I have completed one of his previous constructions & found that I needed to re-draw his plans just so I could read them.
However dispite this fault his ideas worked. But, the biggest let down for me was, particularyin the bigger designs, is no wood list. It takes forever to add all the measurements of the timber required up.
